Aug 30, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I’m Sabrina Shaw and I lead an interesting life, never knowing where I’ll be sent or what I might be doing. I work for an organization called The Alliance that specializes in hostage negotiation and retrieval. People who work for The Alliance go where no one else...
Aug 29, 2015 | A Day In My Life
“Meg, you were right.” I looked up to see Randall Shiffley standing in the barn doorway. He was wearing a suit but his snazzy black and orange pumpkin tie was loosened, suggesting that he was relaxing after hard day of “mayoring.” “I often am,” I said. “What am I...
Aug 28, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Have you ever tried to take three gallons of crazy and fit it into a two galloon bucket? That is exactly what I, Zula Fae Raines Payne, have to do in my retirement years. Emma Lee Raines, my granddaughter, is my two gallon bucket. Out of the two of my granddaughters,...
Aug 27, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Police Officer, Broken Rope, Missouri. Home is where the heart is, that’s what they say. And, I admit, for me home, Broken Rope, Missouri, is exactly where I left my heart. I was lucky to find it again when I went back. I’m beginning to think that a...
Aug 26, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Up early. (And by early I mean somewhere around ten.) First things first . . . breakfast. Coffee. Lots of coffee. And a couple Hostess cupcakes. Shower and become the Chili Chick and– What’s that? Who’s the Chili Chick? Something tells me you haven’t been to a Chili...
Aug 25, 2015 | A Day In My Life
The massive Victorian house was dark, silhouetted against the night sky. The shutters banged with the cold wind, and moonlight reflected off shattered windows No welcoming lights invited Trick or Treaters to call. No one had lived in the old Gardener place for years....
